Nem got chopped in powerhead, what now? Help!

[alienbob113]

My BTA was having a hard time after my occelaris clown decided she wanted to host in it and tonight when i came home from work i found that it had walked and got shredded in my powerhead. All that was left was its foot , its tentacles got shredded into my tank which is now fairly cloudy, but not like milk. I keep zoos and the nem in the tank + my 2 occelaris clowns. They seem to be doing alright. My tank is a 20gL with a 20g tall, params all in check. The first thing im going to do is put my clowns into my 75g's fuge to get them out of the water. Do i need to remove my zoos / softies in my 20g too? What do i need to put in the tank to clean it up? The only thing i have access to tonight is carbon so im going to load the the tank up with that, but what is the proper procedure? Im also making water tonight so i can do a WC in the morning. Whats the best thing i can do so i dont completely crash this tank?

 

[Ron Reefman]

The carbon and water change make good sense to me. If the zoas aren't all closed up, I'd guess they will be OK.

Are you trying to save the BTA? I had a Condy get caught in a powerhead while doing a tank change over and it took off almost all the tentacles. It took a few months to get back to looking normal and now, 2 years after the beheading, it is perfectly healthy and hosting a female cinnamon clown and a male tomato clown.

 

[BigCountry74]

yeah try to save it for sure.

 

[alienbob113]

The nem didn't have a single tentacle left. It looked like a sliver of calamari. I doubt it had any chance, unfortunately.